Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation.
This article lists notable performance artists.
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- Franko B
- Magali Babin
- Gretchen Baer
- Blažej Baláž
- Matthew Barney
- Artur Barrio
- Vanessa Beecroft
- Katherine Behar
- Rebecca Belmore
- Joseph Beuys
- Björk
- Black Market International (BMI)
- Nicole Blackman
- Guy Bleus
- Mark Bloch
- Blue Man Group
- Eric Bogosian
- Kate Bornstein
- Leigh Bowery
- George Brecht
- Alexander Brener
- Stuart Brisley
- Robert Delford Brown
- Günter Brus
- Chris Burden
- Nia Burks
- Józef Bury
- James Lee Byars
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- Rafa Esparza
- EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
- Valie Export
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- Alastair MacLennan
- Ann Magnuson
- Miki Malör
- Diane Mantzaris
- Piero Manzoni
- Deb Margolin
- María Evelia Marmolejo
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Paul McCarthy
- Martha McDonald
- Mark McGowan
- Rita McKeough
- Dave McKenzie
- Elle Mehrmand
- Ana Mendieta
- Gabrielle Miller
- Tom Miller
- Orlando Mohorovic
- Linda Montano
- Frank Moore
- Charlotte Moorman
- Mr. Pacman
- Otto Muehl
- Tom Murrin
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- Bryan Lewis Saunders
- Carolee Schneemann
- HA Schult
- Rudolf Schwarzkogler
- Erica Scourti
- Arleen Schloss
- Dread Scott
- Tino Sehgal
- David Sherry (artist)
- Shu Yang
- Willoughby Sharp
- Shozo Shimamoto
- Lián Amaris Sifuentes
- Xaviera Simmons
- Vasan Sitthiket
- Joey Skaggs
- Barbara T. Smith
- Jack Smith
- Michael Smith
- Annegret Soltau
- Antonieta Sosa
- Annie Sprinkle
- Stevie Starr
- Stelarc
- Verena Stenke
- Andre Stitt
- Angela Su
- Survival Research Laboratories
- Melati Suryodarmo